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Strategic Philanthropy: What is it & How to Do it!

Hosted by:Babbie Jacobs & Nicolas Makharashvili | Bolder Giving

Featuring Participants:Tracy Mack Parker, Sapphira Goradia

Would you like your giving to be more strategic and aligned with your vision in 2016? If so, join Bolder Giving and experts and practitioners from The Philanthropy Workshop, the worldwide leader in ongoing strategic philanthropy education and networking, for a unique opportunity to learn the essentials of developing a framework for strategic philanthropy and putting it into action.

Our speakers will be Tracy Mack Parker, Chief Executive Officer of The Philanthropy Workshop, who leads TPW’s efforts to serve individuals and families of significant means wishing to leverage their philanthropy for lasting and positive change, and Sapphira Goradia, TPW alumni member and Executive Director of the Vijay and Marie Goradia Foundation, a family foundation working to improve health and educational outcomes in India through innovative, measurable and scalable initiatives.

Implications of COP21 on Climate Change Philanthropy

COP21, also known as the 2015 Paris Climate Conference, will for the first time in over 20 years of UN negotiations, aim to achieve a legally binding and universal agreement on climate, with the aim of keeping global warming below 2°C. This conference, with more than 40,000 delegates from 195 countries all over the world, will be critical in framing the international response to man-made climate change. But what will be the effects of outcomes on climate change philanthropy?

Join us on November 20th for a complimentary webinar as we break down the context and stakes surrounding the COP21 and how NGOs, grassroots organizations and climate networks are organizing on the road to and beyond Paris as we bring broader notions of equality and justice into discussions around climate change and look beyond concerns for reducing emissions alone.

From Empathy to Action: Philanthropy’s Role in Advancing Human Rights

Recent restrictions on freedom of expression, information, and association across the world have attempted to limit, and in some instances criminalize, activities by civil society. Several governments approved extreme legislation and/or engaged in other activities expressly designed to restrict the flow of foreign funding. Mounting violence in South Sudan, Mali and Syria have led to stern human rights violations and mass displacement. In Russia and parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, governmental policies have promoted anti-LGBT laws.

Women and girls around the world are refused access to education and political participation, trapped in conflicts where rape is perpetrated as a weapon of war, forced into child marriages, and/or trafficked into forced labor and sex slavery. These are just few of the examples of human rights violations around the world that merit the attention of all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, color, religion, language, or any other status.

The call for additional funding from Human Rights advocacy groups from around the world has never been louder. And as individual philanthropists are increasingly joining the effort to prioritize human rights as a central funding area, the overwhelming nature of these complex issues tend to be a major roadblock for many donors who want their philanthropic dollars to have the maximum impact.

Join us for a bold conversation as we explore some effective tactics and strategies for funding Human Rights groups around the world. Our speakers will include Lauren Embrey, President of the Embrey Family Foundation and Board Member of Women Moving Millions, and Tarah Demant, Senior Director of the Identity and Discrimination Unit at Amnesty International USA.

Philanthropy's Role in Fixing Inequality

Inequality is growing in the United States, a well-documented fact that is an increasingly central concern to the philanthropic community. Recent research indicates that the gap between rich and poor is a growing threat to economic prosperity, environment, public health, peace, democracy, and more. Many foundations have responded in full force to address this pressing issue, with the Ford Foundation recently announcing that all of its grants will be directed to reducing inequality.

Individual philanthropists are now joining the effort to prioritize inequality as a central funding area, but the complex and overwhelming nature of the issue can be a roadblock for many donors who want their individual support to have the biggest impact possible. In response to requests from funders and family foundation staff, our next webinar/bold conversation will tackle the issue of funding the fight against inequality as we dive into strategies for getting started, identifying organizations that are tackling crucial components of inequality, and funding solutions that will work to meaningfully reduce inequality. Our speakers will highlight takeaways from the Roosevelt Institute's latest report, Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy, authored by its Chief Economist, Joseph Stiglitz. The report has captured the attention of the media, advocacy and philanthropic communities for its clear and comprehensive framework for understanding inequality as a result of human choices - and the policy solutions needed to fix it.

Our speakers will include Keith Mestrich and Felicia Wong. Keith Mestrich is a longtime philanthropist and President & CEO of Amalgamated Bank, the largest majority-owned union bank in the United States. The Bank's core customers include unions and their funds, progressive not-for-profit institutions and political organizations. Felicia Wong is President & CEO of the Roosevelt Institute, a political think tank dedicated to reimagining the rules to create a nation where everyone enjoys a fair share of our collective prosperity. The Roosevelt Institute brings together multiple generations of thinkers and leaders to help drive key economic and social debates for local and national impact.

Philanthropy Re-Imagined

July 2015

Hosted by:Nicolas Makharashvili, Bolder Giving

We invite you to join Bolder Giving and Indie Philanthropy for a conversation around creative approaches to giving as we explore ways to get started, discuss some of the most unique, accessible, successful, and collaborative approaches to creating change and share diverse stories from innovative bold givers in hopes of unraveling your own outside-the-box funding.

Traditional funding has sometimes fallen short in addressing our global challenges–helping mobilize only a fraction of our world’s creative talent. With planetary challenges escalating, time is of the essence to explore new, bold and creative alternative approaches to giving. From Crowdfunding to Giving Circles to Community-Based Decisions to Funding Start-Ups, the landscape of re-imagined Philanthropy is varied and exciting.